Giuseppe Veltri

Giuseppe Veltri
Giuseppe Veltri
Born	January 1, 1958; San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy
Known for	Founding the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion; Director of Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies; Research on Jewish Skepticism and Magic;
Awards	Emil Fackenheim Prize for Tolerance and Understanding (2010)
Academic background
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin (PhD, Habil.); Pontifical Biblical Institute; Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm;
Doctoral advisor	Peter Schäfer
Other advisors	Roger Le Déaut, Carsten Colpe
Academic work
Discipline	Jewish studies
Sub-discipline	Jewish philosophy, Skepticism and Renaissance philosophy
Institutions	Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg; University of Hamburg;

Giuseppe Veltri (born 1958) is professor of Jewish studies and philosophy. Born and graduated in Italy, he obtained his PhD (1991) and habilitation (1996) from the Free University of Berlin. From 1997 to 2014, he was professor of Jewish Studies at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. Since 2014, he is professor of Jewish philosophy and religion at the University of Hamburg and director of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies as well as director of the Academy of World Religions in Hamburg since 2017.